§ Mr. Pitmanasked the' Minister of Education to make a statement on the admission of grammar schools to the direct grant list.
§ Sir D. EcclesYes. The direct grant schools combine many of the best features of the maintained and independent school systems. No grammar school has been admitted to the list for eleven years and I have decided that the ban should now be lifted. I shall therefore be issuing a circular early in the New Year announcing the conditions on which I am prepared to consider applications from independent and transitionally assisted schools for admission to the list.